Tax and Administrative Law

The multidisciplinary legal service offered by our firm includes tax assessment of corporate and M&A transactions, leasing, loan and other financial agreements, investment projects, real estate transactions, employment agreements etc. Our lawyers have significant experience in advising on the application of Double Tax Agreements, various VAT, corporate tax, income tax and excise duties related issues and representing our clients before the tax authorities and the courts.

We furthermore represent and advise our clients on all areas of administrative law related to their business, including obtaining licenses and permits, communicating with national and European authorities and supervising bodies, representation before regulators and appealing their decisions and instructions before higher administrative authorities and/or the administrative courts.

Relevant Experience

Our recent work in the field of Tax and Administrative law includes:

representing a major Austrian investment fund in a VAT tax revision and appealing the final revision report, thus achieving a multi million VAT refund for our client

consulting the tax aspects of various debt issuance programs and a structured notes program for a major Austrian bank and a Central and Eastern Europe focused financial institution

applying a Double Tax Treatment on behalf of a German design and engineering company in the Energy sector

advising on a tripartite international sale transaction involving VAT issues in Bulgaria for a German producer of printing systems

advising a Bulgarian media publisher on various VAT issues of its daily business

communicating with the Consumer Protection Agency and the Food Safety Agency on behalf of a leading European retailer during inspections at its premises and appealing decisions of these authorities before the administrative courts

acting on behalf of a German retailer and appealing decisions of the construction authorities before the administrative court

representing foreign and domestic clients before the Personal Data Protection Commission regarding statutory registration and inspections of their activities

appealing on behalf of a leading European retailer a ruling of the Commission on Protection of Competition in a cartel investigation procedure before the Supreme Administrative Court